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A dementia coach in your pocket
If you’re caring for someone living with dementia, you’ll probably need some dementia-specific support or advice.
“Annie” is a dementia champion with years of experience in supporting people living with dementia. She’ll guide you through different real-life scenarios, offering practical tips and strategies to strengthen your skills.
With short lessons and an easy-to-use search function, you can quickly solve problems and find the advice you need. Anytime, anywhere.
“After a quick refresher, they would feel more equipped and empowered to better support the person in their care.” – Bridget Howes, General Manager, BlueCross
What you’ll learn
In the app’s five-minute lessons, you’ll learn how to:
- connect with and support people living with dementia
- understand how people with dementia might be communicating unmet needs, using Dementia Australia’s CAUSEd (Communication, Activity, Unwell/unmet needs, Story, Environment, dementia) problem-solving model
- create behaviour support plans
- understand and identify elder abuse, including financial abuse.
Key benefits
- Strengthen your professional skills with dementia-specific training.
- Complete short, practical lessons while you’re on the go.
- Choose what and when you learn, based on your knowledge, needs and time.
- Get useful advice and problem-solving support in your day-to-day tasks.